Tesla is searching for a valet mastermind to resolve its workplace parking nightmare

If you happen to’ve dreamed about working at a high-end automotive firm and have a knack for life-sized Tetris, Tesla has the job for you.

On Friday (March 9), Elon Musk’s automotive and photo voltaic panel firm posted a gap for an entry-level place at its manufacturing unit in Freemont, California. Or, simply exterior it. The corporate desperately wants a valet and parking supervisor to prepare its parking tons.

Tesla’s parking state of affairs—each on the the manufacturing unit and its headquarters in Palo Alto—is notoriously disastrous. The Palo Alto area has about 600 parking areas for an undisclosed variety of workers, in accordance with the Wall Avenue Journal (paywall), whereas the Fremont location has 4,500 spots for six,000 workers.

It’s gotten so unhealthy that some workers arrive early to seize a spot, and nap of their automobiles earlier than work. The tons themselves even have an (unofficial) Instagram account, whose creator solicits submissions of the worst offenses.

Based on the Journal, Tesla has tried implementing shuttles to and from the workplaces. Final yr, Musk additionally wrote in a memo a few forthcoming “electrical pod automotive curler coaster (with an optimum loop the loop route, in fact!) that may enable quick and enjoyable journey all through our Fremont campus, dipping out and in of the manufacturing unit and connecting all of the parking tons.”

The brand new job itemizing suggests Tesla is hopeful {that a} human contact may even assist. The long run valet supervisor will deal with “buyer relations relating to parking and valet questions and suggestions” and supervise the “portfolio of onsite and off-site parking tons, constructions, and services.” The best candidate may have not less than 5 yr’s expertise working with valet administration, and can know California parking legal guidelines off the highest of her head. There’s additionally a proficiency requirement for each Excel and Powerpoint, in addition to general “proof of outstanding means.” Given the present state of the tons, one hopes that pay is negotiable.

Would-be candidates can relaxation assured that Musk is personally invested in a decision. “Parking is, like, one among my largest nightmares,” he stated on a latest earnings name. “Like, the place can we park everybody?”